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Dead whale shark washes ashore in Philippines

The carcass of a 300-kilogram (660-pound) juvenile whale shark washed ashore in a fishing village in Tanza town, west of Manila on Thursday. Duration: 00:37 Read more »

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Dead whale shark washes ashore near Philippine capital

A dead young whale shark has washed ashore in Manila Bay near the Philippine capital, far from the endangered giant fish’s traditional feeding grounds, fishermen and a wildlife official said Thursday. The five-metre corpse took locals by surprise in ...

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The carcass of a megamouth shark, an incredibly rare species that has been sighted less than 70 times since its discovery in 1976, has washed ashore in the Philippines ... been trapped by a fishing net. Already dead when it was located, the megamouth ...